A. Brooke Bennett, Chief of Staff for Congressman French Hill (AR-02), has been named a Stennis Fellow for the 115th Congress. Every Congress, a small cohort of senior-level staff members is selected to be a part of the bipartisan Fellowship program, which is aimed at leadership development and improving the effectiveness of congressional staff. Following the announcement, Congressman Hill stated: “As a former congressional staffer and as a Congressman, I know the positive effect well-trained a...
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Today, after the House passed H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) stated: “As a former chief executive of a locally owned community bank in Little Rock until 2014, I saw firsthand the pernicious effects of Dodd-Frank on our industry. Although smaller financial institutions did not cause the 2008 economic crisis, they have borne the brunt of Dodd-Frank’s regulatory impacts. Our Committee has spent hundreds of hours in over 140 hearings and in meetings with regulato...
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Congressman French Hill (AR-02), Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06), and Congressman Gregory Meeks (NY-05) introduced bipartisan legislation that targets Russian corruption and their illicit financial activities, which they use as a strategic tool to promote their interests while harming democracies here and in Europe. “This bipartisan bill focuses on a very serious threat that is happening to western democracies right now. This isn’t about President Trump or Democ...
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Today, the House passed H.R. 2213, the Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act. The bill would allow the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to waive the polygraph requirement for hiring new agents in limited situations for applicants with previous law enforcement or military experience. After the bill passed the House, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) stated: “During my first term in Congress, I made three separate trips to three unique ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico Borde...
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Today, after the House passed H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) stated: “As a cosponsor of the bill and as a member of the Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus, I am proud to have worked alongside the caucus co-chairs and the bill’s sponsors, Congressman Chris Smith and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, to help provide emergency relief to religious and ethnic minorities who survived genocide and war crimes in Iraq an...
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House Republicans shifted into overdrive to pass the Financial CHOICE Act, the leading option to replace Dodd-Frank, through the Financial Services Committee. And now that the amended Financial CHOICE Act has worked its way through the committee, Republican representatives aren’t letting up on the gas to ensure that it makes its way to the Senate. In fact, with the opposition continuing to fight against its passage, Republicans are waging an intense public relations battle. Rep. French Hill, R-A...
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SHERIDAN — Sheridan High School senior Sean Fitzgerald has been interested in pursuing a military career for the past several years. He will officially begin that pursuit in June when he enters the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Fitzgerald said he attended the academy’s summer seminar last year, and that put him “over the top.” “I was interested before, especially since my dad had been in the Navy and since I had been in JROTC for the past years, but after that summer session, I knew...
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U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, was complimentary of President Donald Trump’s Middle East terrorism stance and he said a portion of his Congressional work is centered on more transparency and reforms in the international bank financing system. Hill, who appeared on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, said the new Gulf Cooperation Council is a step in the right direction for Saudi Arabia and other regional countries to curtail the financing of global terrorism. “We know that in...
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The greatest Community Empowerment Initiative (CEI) is ensuring that people have the skills necessary to secure meaningful employment that leads to financial independence and the ability to pursue happiness. As I like to say, college is a fine choice, but it’s not for everyone. And, letting young people know that great opportunities don’t always require a four-year degree is something I take seriously. That message is one idea that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree on, and I a...
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Homes lining a street where history was made would be added to the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site under legislation filed Tuesday on Capitol Hill. If the proposal becomes law, seven South Park Street houses sitting on roughly 1.5 acres will be placed within the historic site's boundaries. Two Republican lawmakers from Arkansas, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Dardanelle and U.S. Rep. French Hill of Little Rock, introduced the bill. "This site is not just a part of Arkansas' histo...
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